Notre Dame wins with ease over St. Francis 71-53

After suffering their first loss of the season to a very tough opponent, Notre Dame drew back on track with a 71-53 home win over St. Francis (Brooklyn).

First and Second Half Summary

Notre Dame started off the game to a slow start in the first half but closed out strong. Notre Dame outscored the Terriers 22-6 over the last eight minutes of play to take a large 18-point advantage into the half at 43-25. Neither side would find a rhythm on offense in the final half primarily because of the large lead and Notre Dame being in cruise control. It would not be until the final 5 minutes, where the Irish found success with a 9-4 scoring run to close out the game.

As a whole, Notre Dame shot 24-58 (41.4%) on field goals, 3-14 (21.4%) on three-pointers, and 20-29 (69.0%) on free throws. Additionally, the Irish hauled in 43 total rebounds with 14 on offense and 29 on defense. Finally, Notre Dame dished out 10 assists, stole the ball 9 times, rejected 6 shots, while only committing 10 turnovers. The defensive playmaking was the one area that stood out for the Irish, who won the battle handily with St. Francis only racking up 2 steals and 3 blocks.

Stat Nuggets for Notre Dame

Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey now has 389 victories as Notre Dame’s head coach and is just five shy of passing Digger Phelps as the outright all-time program record holder.

The Irish are now 3-0 against St. Francis Brooklyn in the all-time series.

With 13 points in limited action, Colson has now finished in double figures in the scoring column in all eight games this season.

Farrell has finished with 10+ points in all eight games during his senior campaign.

After Sunday’s 3-for-5 effort from the field, Geben is shooting 77.1 percent from the floor this season, making 27-of-35 attempts.

Gibbs has scored double-digit points in five of his eight games this season.

With 10 points, Harvey finished with 10+ points for the third time during the 2017-18 season.